Patents by Inventor Peter M. Mangum

Peter M. Mangum has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method of predicting user input to a mobile terminal
    Patent number: 7483692
    Abstract: A method of predicting user input to a mobile terminal is presented. The mobile terminal creates a raw user input data record comprised of input to the mobile terminal. A contextual data record is appended to the raw user input data record and both are stored. Another process processes the records contained in the raw user input database to identify repetitive patterns of user input. Identified patterns are stored in a recognized input pattern database. The mobile terminal then monitors current input and compares it to the repetitive patterns stored in the recognized input pattern database. Upon matching the current input to a repetitive pattern within a specified tolerance, the mobile terminal prompts the user to allow the mobile terminal to complete the process of inputting the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Robert A. Zak, Peter M. Mangum, Michael Shannon Welch, Paul Henry Nichols, Myra Rice
  • Transportable base station for a trunked radio communication system
    Patent number: 6047160
    Abstract: A base station is configured to facilitate its rapid deployment to provide trunked radio communication system. The base station includes a receiving section and a transmitting section functioning as a repeater operating on a single trunked duplex channel. The base station also includes another receiving section for interrogating the presence of pre-existing RF energy in a given geographic area before allowing the base station to become active. This prevents a newly introduced deployable base station from interfering with pre-existing deployable or fixed base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Ericsson Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Priest, Peter M. Mangum, Steven T. Dreon
  • In-band vehicular repeater for trunked radio system
    Patent number: 5857144
    Abstract: A vehicular repeater system communicates with a portable mobile radio using the same RF communication band and digital trunking protocol that it communicates with a base site. The repeater station may employ an operational radio within a vehicle which communicates with the base site. A separate repeater radio module is connected to the operational radio, preferably through hardwired links. The separate repeater radio module includes a transmitting section which receives messages from the base site through the operational radio, and forwards these messages through a passive RF interface to a portable radio. The separate repeater also includes a receiving section which receives messages from the portable radio, and forwards these messages through the operational radio to the base site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Ericsson, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter M. Mangum, Clyde R. Butler, Jr., Steven T. Dreon, Laurence A. La Fratta, Mark D. Priest, Gary J. Pitcher